Static archive of a family blog, 2008–2017. This blog is no longer active.
family blog, 2008–2017
The most obvious achievement for me this year, my miles and miles of running concluded with my half marathon in August. Chad has been working hard at school and slowly getting closer to a master's degree. Patrick enjoyed preschool and can spell and write his…
I have a special place in my heart for mass amounts of snow. I spent my growing up years 8,000 feet up on the side of a mountain down a dirt road in Colorado. Some of my best memories are waking up to huge amounts…
The numbers: 25% of the time I feel like I'm going to vomit. There's a 1 in 10000 chance that I actually will vomit. 85% of the time I feel like I'm going to fall asleep. 1 out of 3 times I do. 90% of…
I had an interesting week. On Saturday I did my first triathlon with my friend Ivory. The original plan was for me to run then do half the biking. So 3 mile run, 5 mile bike. But on Thursday I got the stomach flu. And…
I love Halloween. I always have thanks to a great mom who made it a blast year after year. I love the decorations, the costumes, the food, all of it! Then I grew up and became an adult. Booo! I would get all dressed but…
Men take care of things, Women take care of people, When women leave to take care of things, Who is left to take care of people? Heard this while channel surfing today. And I think this is true. Now of course there are exceptions, there…
Here are my marathon pictures with a huge bonus, David and his new hat fetish (and lets be honest here, you would much rather see a picture of a baby playing with hats, super cute, then an overweight woman in bright pink with a face…
Well, I ran my race! Do you have any idea how far 13.1 miles is? Apparently, it is a really long distance. There was a bus to take us from the finish line to the starting line before the race. And it kept going and…
He finished the year with 8 teeth, the ability to stand, crawl really fast, say mamamamam, DA (it is always yelled) and yeah. oh, and clap, he is very proud of his clapping abilities. I hated being pregnant 6 1/2 months after Auretta. I was…